Japan Top 16 Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking: September 12 – September 18, 2022

The Light Novel sales chart for the week between September 12 and September 18 starts off with a spectacular Lycoris Recoil Ordinary Days Volume 1 at the top of the list with 35,166 copies sold in 7 days, a 58.87% rise week-on-week. This would put its 10-day sales so far at a whopping 57,301 copies sold, which is an impressive amount for a Light Novel title. The volume is expected to stay on the chart for the next couple of weeks or so.

Hoshi no Kirby Discovery: Zettou no Yume wo Uchi Kudake, the latest member to the Hoshi no Kirby Light Novel family is the 2^nd best-selling volume for the week at 19,645 copies in its first 5 days. The volume sees 109.97% more copies sold than Starlight Theatre e Youkoso! which made its debut at 9,356 copies in its first 5 days back in March this year, and it is only slightly down by 9.38% from Shinsekai e Hashiri dase! Hen which sold 21,679 copies in its first 7 days.

Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken Volume 7 occupies two spots on the list with its Regular Edition much ahead of its Limited Edition (which comes with a Drama CD) at Number 3 with copies sold at 14,981 whereas the latter is 13^th on the list at 4,777 copies sold. In total, that would be 19,758 copies with a revenue of 22,485,740 yen (≈158.06 thousand USD) in its first 5 days. Note that, the latest volume performance is only slightly less than Volume 5 by 0.17%. However, because Volume 5 does not possess a Limited Edition, sales wise, Volume 7 is a lot stronger. Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken first began as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou in December 2018 where it then received an official publication by SB Creative in June 2019 under its GA Bunko label. The work was also adapted into a Manga series in January 2022 by artist Wan Shibata that is serializing in Square Enix’s Manga UP! More information about the title can be found on its official web page here whereas its Manga chapters can be read for free in Japanese here. As for official English releases, they are available, published by Yen Press with Volumes 4 and 5 are up for pre-orders and are scheduled to release this coming October 2022 and February 2023. The series was featured at multiple awards such as placing 10^th on the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! in 2020 and 2021 for the bunkobon category. As of its 5^th Light Novel volume, it has more than 400,000 copies in circulation. In January, it was announced that a TV Anime adaptation is in the works and to be produced by Project No.9. If you missed out on its teaser promotional video, do watch it below!

Asakusa Oniyome Nikki Volume 10 makes its debut at 9,597 copies sold in its first 4 days at Number 5 for the week. Note that the volume title is Ayakashi no Fuufu wa Mirai no Tame ni (or For the Future of an Ayakashi’s Married Couple). Asakusa Oniyome Nikki was first published in November 2016 under KADOKAWA’s Fujimi L Bunko label with more information about the work can be found here on its official web page. It does have a Manga adaptation that has been in serialization in B’s-LOG Cheek since March 2018. Some of its chapters can be read on pixiv COMIC right here in Japanese. Click here to be redirected to its first chapter. According to its latest volume cover, the series has passed 800,000 copies in circulation including digital and Manga as of September. You can also watch a short video released by KADOKAWA to promote the title down below.

Then, we have Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu: Souda, Baikoku shiyou Volume 12 at Number 10 with copies sold at 5,554 in its first 5 days. The series was last seen with its 11^th volume back in January at 3,510 copies sold in its first 3 days, however, it failed to chart for Volume 10 back in August last year in its first 4 days, only to appear the week after at 3,957 copies. Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu: Souda, Baikoku shiyou first began its publication in May 2018 and a Manga adaptation was greenlit, serialized in Square Enix’s Manga UP! the year after in October. More information about the work can be obtained via its official web page here whereas some of its Manga chapters can be read for free in Japanese on Square Enix’s Gangan Online here. In January 2022, Yokohama Animation Lab adapted the work into a 12-episode TV Anime series. Note that prior to its Anime adaptation, it has already passed 250,000 copies in circulation in February of 2020 (Source: Saru).

Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu: Souda, Baikoku shiyou’s Manga adaptation 1^st chapter colour spread page

It is thanks to the amazing folks over at Oricon that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so be sure to head over to their site here and show them lots of love! In addition, all the data you find below is accessible via Oricon right here (Light Novel), here (Bunko) and here (Bungei-sho).

At Number 11 is Ousama no Propose Volume 3 at 5,358 copies sold in its first 3 days, the series’ third consecutive breach after successful appearances of its 1^st and 2^nd volumes which sold 4,630 copies and 7,949 copies in their first 2 and 5 days back in September 2021 and April this year. The Light Novel is a title by Koushi Tachibana whom you may have heard of if you are familiar with the Date A Live series. More information about the work can be obtained on its official web page here, or you can check out the 5-minute video released by KADOKAWA to promote the series titled “Heroine no Kokuhaku” or “Heroines’ Confession” down below.

Finally, we have Majo no Tabitabi Volume 19’s Limited Edition being the last new release on the chart at Number 16 with 4,318 copies sold in its first 5 days. The Light Novel was last seen back in January this year with its 18^th volume at 2,851 copies sold in its first 3 days. The title was first published in April 2016 under SB Creative’s GA Bunko label and was given the Manga treatment by artist Itsuki Nanao in November of 2018 that is serialized in Square Enix’s Manga UP! More information about the work can be learned by visiting its official web page here whereas some of its Manga chapters can be read for free in Japanese on Gangan Online right here. In October 2020, studio C2C adapted the work into a 12-episode TV Anime series.

Light Novel Weekly Top 16

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Previous Chart: Sep. 5 – Sep. 11
Source: Oricon

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Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken
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